CVE-2016-7072

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

6.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-09-10 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-23

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0e6763726139965ebf4922fbe29b4031cf917a85734983f4bc7918e1ebe9b9e2

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7072x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3764https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3764vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/md/security/powerdns-advisory-2016-03/x_refsource_CONFIRM